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I n a pair of decisions earlier this year, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which has jurisdiction over federal claims arising within Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, and a district court within the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued decisions which will make it more expensive for employers facing claims of employment discrimination or claims under the Family Medical Leave Act to resolve those claims.

The Department of Legal Affairs within the Attorney General's Office is required to issue rules explaining the investigation and complaint procedures to enforce the new laws.

On Monday, I talked about the latest initiative by state legislatures to prevent employers from demanding that applicants provide their social media passwords.

One of the areas of wage and hour law which often creates confusion is payment for travel time.

While we were all enjoying the days leading up to the New Year, the NLRB (somewhat) quietly backtracked again on its deadline for virtually all employers to comply with its proposed posting rule.

On July 6, 2021, the Department of Labor for the state of New York published its model Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Plan (the Model Plan) under the New York Health...

Nor does it appear that this trend will be ending soon.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released its final revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).

On March 31, 2011, Philadelphia City Council passed a "Ban the Box" bill, regulating the ability of employers to conduct criminal background checks in the employment process.

On April 13, 2011, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter signed Bill No. 110111-A into law (the "Ban the Box" legislation). The law amends the Philadelphia Code by enacting a new chapter, Chapter 9-3000, entitled "Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards."

Under the traditional common law rule of successorship liability, it is well established that, absent a specific agreement to the contrary, an entity that purchases the assets of another entity does not assume the seller’s liabilities unless one of the following exceptions applies:

On December 18, 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the Fifth Circuit's national stay of OSHA's general duty COVID Emergency Testing Standard (ETS) that covers private employers with 100 or more employees.

On November 2, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the National Labor Relations Board can decide cases with its current complement of only two Board members.

This week, one of Cozen’s clients, Genesis Healthcare, argued before the Supreme Court that employees who are fully compensated for a wage and hour claim should have no right to proceed with a collective action.

While the EEOC's position on the use of criminal background checks adds to the time and cost of implementing a screening policy, there remain many benefits to screening potential candidates.

Back on August 31st, I blogged about the Final Rule issued by the NLRB that required all employers subject to the National Labor Relations Act (virtually everyone) to post an 11-inch by 17-inch notice advising employees of their rights under the Act beginning on November 14, 2011.

You will remember my January 4, 2012 and October 13, 2011 posts about the multiple lawsuits that have been filed in court to strike down the NLRB’s proposed notice-posting rule.